--- title: "Best Peter Watts Sayings" description: "Peter Watts is a Canadian biologist who also writes science‑fiction novels. Browse 112 Peter Watts quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-peter-watts-4020.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-peter-watts-4020.jpg) # Peter Watts (1958) Zoologist **112** quotes in **343** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Peter Watts is a zoologist, best known for *Blindsight*. ## Quick Facts About Peter Watts Born January 25, 1958 Profession Zoologist Notable works Blindsight ## About Peter Watts Peter Watts is a Canadian biologist who also writes science‑fiction novels. ## Quotes by Peter Watts · Page 3 > [“The only reason we were here was because nobody had yet optimized software for First Contact.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/the-only-reason-we-were-here-was-because-nobody-had-yet-optimized/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [First contact](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/first-contact/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41b/peter-watts-4020_first-contact_the-only-reason-we-were-here-was-because_1791043.png) > [If the rest of your brain were conscious, it would probably regard you as the pointy-haired boss from Dilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/if-the-rest-of-your-brain-were-conscious-it-would-probably-regard-you/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Boss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a9/peter-watts-4020_boss_if-the-rest-of-your-brain-were-conscious_2339327.png) > [“I don't understand how meat like you survived to adulthood.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/i-don-t-understand-how-meat-like-you-survived-to-adulthood/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Adulthood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adulthood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/282/peter-watts-4020_adulthood_i-don-t-understand-how-meat-like-you-sur_1089327.png) > [“Psychopathy's no disorder in those shoes, eh? Just a survival strategy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/psychopathy-s-no-disorder-in-those-shoes-eh-just-a-survival-strategy/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Psychopath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/psychopath/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e79/peter-watts-4020_psychopath_psychopathy-s-no-disorder-in-those-shoes_1585517.png) > [“You can’t turn a sunset into a string of grunts without losing something.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/you-can-t-turn-a-sunset-into-a-string-of-grunts-without-losing/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Language](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/language/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/855/peter-watts-4020_language_you-can-t-turn-a-sunset-into-a-string-of_792710.png) > [People aren't rational. We're not thinking machines, we're - we're feeling machines that happen to think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/people-aren-t-rational-we-re-not-thinking-machines-we-re-we-re/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Computers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/computers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f2/peter-watts-4020_computers_people-aren-t-rational-we-re-not-thinkin_21197.png) > [“After four thousand years we can’t even prove that reality exists beyond the mind of the first-person dreamer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/after-four-thousand-years-we-can-t-even-prove-that-reality-exists/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Dreamer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dreamer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa2/peter-watts-4020_dreamer_after-four-thousand-years-we-can-t-even_2772688.png) > [“It’s really kind of… well, beautiful, in a way. Even the monsters, once you get to know ‘em. We’re all beautiful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/it-s-really-kind-of-well-beautiful-in-a-way-even-the-monsters-once/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Beautiful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f3/peter-watts-4020_beautiful_it-s-really-kind-of-well-beautiful-in-a_1521220.png) > [This is how you communicate with a fellow intelligence: You hurt it, you keep on hurting it, until you can distinguish the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/this-is-how-you-communicate-with-a-fellow-intelligence-you-hurt-it/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Communicate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communicate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/746/peter-watts-4020_communicate_this-is-how-you-communicate-with-a-fello_791014.png) > [“The static’s nice. I could do without the screeching.” “Are you kidding? That’s the music of the spheres, commissar. It’s beautiful .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/the-static-s-nice-i-could-do-without-the-screeching-are-you-kidding/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Beautiful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/108/peter-watts-4020_beautiful_the-static-s-nice-i-could-do-without-the_1118203.png) > [“Most people seem to think that organisms develop adaptive traits in response to environmental change. This is bullshit. The environment changes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/most-people-seem-to-think-that-organisms-develop-adaptive-traits-in/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Biology](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b9/peter-watts-4020_biology_most-people-seem-to-think-that-organisms_1802865.png) > [“I think I’ll call you Cygnus,” Chelsea said. “The swan?” I said. A bit precious, but it could have been worse. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/i-think-i-ll-call-you-cygnus-chelsea-said-the-swan-i-said-a-bit/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Black hole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black-hole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fe/peter-watts-4020_black-hole_i-think-i-ll-call-you-cygnus-chelsea-sai_2641586.png) > [You are. I'm just fatalistically cheerful. We all come into the story halfway through, we all catch up as best we can,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/you-are-i-m-just-fatalistically-cheerful-we-all-come-into-the-story/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Cheerful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheerful/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ee/peter-watts-4020_cheerful_you-are-i-m-just-fatalistically-cheerful_914842.png) > [There's no such things as survival of the fittest. Survival of the most adequate, maybe. It doesn't matter whether a solution's optimal.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/there-s-no-such-things-as-survival-of-the-fittest-survival-of-the/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Adequate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adequate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6a/peter-watts-4020_adequate_there-s-no-such-things-as-survival-of-th_270778.png) > [“(At least one theory suggests that while great apes and adult Humans are sentient, young Human children are not. I admit to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/at-least-one-theory-suggests-that-while-great-apes-and-adult-humans/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Apes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bb/peter-watts-4020_apes_at-least-one-theory-suggests-that-while_1906398.png) > [“Truth had never been a priority. If believing a lie kept the genes proliferating, the system would believe that lie with all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/truth-had-never-been-a-priority-if-believing-a-lie-kept-the-genes/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Faith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/peter-watts-4020_faith_truth-had-never-been-a-priority-if-belie_1496516.png) > [“You know what happens when you keep a dog locked away from every living thing, except you visit once a day and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/you-know-what-happens-when-you-keep-a-dog-locked-away-from-every/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59b/peter-watts-4020_animal_you-know-what-happens-when-you-keep-a-do_1815327.jpg) > [“Nowadays it seemed like half the technical data on the planet were being stored genetically. Try sequencing a lung fluke and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/nowadays-it-seemed-like-half-the-technical-data-on-the-planet-were/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Evolution](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evolution/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1a/peter-watts-4020_evolution_nowadays-it-seemed-like-half-the-technic_1695818.png) > [“You can’t kill the thing under the bed. You can only keep it outside the covers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/you-can-t-kill-the-thing-under-the-bed-you-can-only-keep-it-outside/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Kill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/544/peter-watts-4020_kill_you-can-t-kill-the-thing-under-the-bed-y_2515275.png) > [Tools exist for only one reason: to force the universe into unnatural shapes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/tools-exist-for-only-one-reason-to-force-the-universe-into-unnatural/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Physics](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/physics/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5a/peter-watts-4020_physics_tools-exist-for-only-one-reason-to-force_1961692.png) > [“The game is never over; there's no finish line this side of heat death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/the-game-is-never-over-there-s-no-finish-line-this-side-of-heat-death/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bab/peter-watts-4020_death_the-game-is-never-over-there-s-no-finish_2220618.png) > [“Szpindel’s eyebrows drew together like courting caterpillars.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/szpindel-s-eyebrows-drew-together-like-courting-caterpillars/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Caterpillars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/caterpillars/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b25/peter-watts-4020_caterpillars_szpindel-s-eyebrows-drew-together-like-c_3122469.png) > [“But then I remembered: the universe was closed, and so very small. There was really nowhere else to go.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/but-then-i-remembered-the-universe-was-closed-and-so-very-small-there/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Claustrophobia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/claustrophobia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/236/peter-watts-4020_claustrophobia_but-then-i-remembered-the-universe-was-c_1969081.png) > [“Planck length and Planck time had always looked a bit too much like pixel dimensions for comfort.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/planck-length-and-planck-time-had-always-looked-a-bit-too-much-like/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/planck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57b/peter-watts-4020_planck_planck-length-and-planck-time-had-always_3019865.png) > [“We were all in it together, of course, desperate to regain some hypothetical upper hand by any means necessary.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/we-were-all-in-it-together-of-course-desperate-to-regain-some/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Delusions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/delusions/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b35/peter-watts-4020_delusions_we-were-all-in-it-together-of-course-des_1716595.png) > [What's the difference between being dead, and just not knowing you're alive?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/what-s-the-difference-between-being-dead-and-just-not-knowing-you-re/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alive/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb0/peter-watts-4020_alive_what-s-the-difference-between-being-dead_1935910.png) > [“You can’t see why anyone wouldn’t want to wallow in the sheer beauty of language .”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/you-can-t-see-why-anyone-wouldn-t-want-to-wallow-in-the-sheer-beauty/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74e/peter-watts-4020_beauty_you-can-t-see-why-anyone-wouldn-t-want-t_1231706.png) > [“The longer it takes me to track you down, the more hope you have of escaping.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/the-longer-it-takes-me-to-track-you-down-the-more-hope-you-have-of/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Escaping](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/escaping/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ad/peter-watts-4020_escaping_the-longer-it-takes-me-to-track-you-down_2432766.png) > [“The math was irrefutable: The one winning strategy was concealment. Only fools revealed their birthdays.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/the-math-was-irrefutable-the-one-winning-strategy-was-concealment/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Birthday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/birthday/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb0/peter-watts-4020_birthday_the-math-was-irrefutable-the-one-winning_519111.png) > [“What is Human history, if not an ongoing succession of greater technologies grinding lesser ones beneath their boots?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/what-is-human-history-if-not-an-ongoing-succession-of-greater/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [History](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/history/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/628/peter-watts-4020_history_what-is-human-history-if-not-an-ongoing_966906.jpg) > [“ALL ANIMALS ARE UNDER STRINGENT SELECTION PRESSURE TO BE AS STUPID AS THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH. —PETE RICHERSON AND ROBERT BOYD”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/all-animals-are-under-stringent-selection-pressure-to-be-as-stupid-as/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Animals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animals/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee8/peter-watts-4020_animals_all-animals-are-under-stringent-selectio_2567563.png) > [“People simply can’t accept that patterns carry their own intelligence, quite apart from the semantic content that clings to their surfaces; if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/people-simply-can-t-accept-that-patterns-carry-their-own-intelligence/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Along for the ride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/along-for-the-ride/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9a/peter-watts-4020_along-for-the-ride_people-simply-can-t-accept-that-patterns_2175109.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/#itemlist", "name": "Peter Watts Quotes", "numberOfItems": 32, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The only reason we were here was because nobody had yet optimized software for First Contact.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Peter Watts" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/the-only-reason-we-were-here-was-because-nobody-had-yet-optimized/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41b/peter-watts-4020_first-contact_the-only-reason-we-were-here-was-because_1791043.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41b/peter-watts-4020_first-contact_the-only-reason-we-were-here-was-because_1791043.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41b/peter-watts-4020_first-contact_the-only-reason-we-were-here-was-because_1791043.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The only reason we were here was because nobody had yet optimized software for First Contact.” — Peter Watts", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If the rest of your brain were conscious, it would probably regard you as the pointy-haired boss from Dilbert", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Peter Watts" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/if-the-rest-of-your-brain-were-conscious-it-would-probably-regard-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a9/peter-watts-4020_boss_if-the-rest-of-your-brain-were-conscious_2339327.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a9/peter-watts-4020_boss_if-the-rest-of-your-brain-were-conscious_2339327.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a9/peter-watts-4020_boss_if-the-rest-of-your-brain-were-conscious_2339327.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If the rest of your brain were conscious, it would probably regard you as the pointy-haired boss from Dilbert” — Peter Watts", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I don't understand how meat like you survived to adulthood.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Peter Watts" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/i-don-t-understand-how-meat-like-you-survived-to-adulthood/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/282/peter-watts-4020_adulthood_i-don-t-understand-how-meat-like-you-sur_1089327.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/282/peter-watts-4020_adulthood_i-don-t-understand-how-meat-like-you-sur_1089327.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/282/peter-watts-4020_adulthood_i-don-t-understand-how-meat-like-you-sur_1089327.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't understand how meat like you survived to adulthood.” — Peter Watts", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Psychopathy's no disorder in those shoes, eh? 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